Japan approves new cybersecurity strategy

At a meeting of Japan’s cyber security headquarters, a new draft of a three-year strategy was approved, in which Russia, North Korea and China appear as countries posing a threat of cyber attacks, Report informs, citing foreign media.

The cyberspace and space security situation around Japan is becoming very tense. Russia, China and North Korea have been repeatedly suspected of carrying out various kinds of actions in cyberspace, according to a document published on the headquarters website on September 28.

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi added that the country’s government “intends to continue to implement measures to protect the country from cyber threats and to strengthen measures to ensure the country’s national security.”

To strengthen cyber potential, Japan also intends to closely cooperate with the participants in the Quadripartite Dialogue on Security, which also includes Australia, India and the United States, the document says.